Accelerated Quality Education for Liberian Children

Challenge

In recent years, Liberia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) has made great strides in improving access to education for learners who have not been able to attend formal school. However, there are still many children who have not yet had a chance to enter formal school or who have fallen behind and are now considered overage for their grade.

The USAID Accelerated Quality Education for Liberian Children activity focused on improving education for out-of-school learners and built the capacity of the Liberian government to offer high-quality accelerated learning programming. The program condenses six years of primary education into three years, allowing learners to reenter formal schooling in a shorter amount of time and giving them a boost to pursue further education, training, or employment.

Key Activities

EDC staff working on the Accelerated Quality Education for Liberian Children activity conducted the following activities:

• Provided relevant, flexible, and quality education for out-of-school children
• Provided technical assistance to the MoE and build partnerships with counterparts and host country systems
• Strengthened the policies, systems, and resources with the MoE
• Fostered positive gender norms, including a highlighted attention on girls and female teachers
• Conducted operational research to look more closely at key issues and rolling assessments for ongoing risk mitigation

Our Impact

• 100 program sites established in three counties (Bong, Grand Bassa, and Montserrado) with an additional 160 sites being added in 2018 and 2019 (Nimba, Lofa, and Margibi counties)